Cardinal is activating senior third baseman Nolan Arenado As the St. Louis Post (Derrick Goold) points out, before tomorrow night’s game against the Reds. Arenado is on the ten-day injury roster, which means only the corresponding moves need to be taken to clear his space in the club’s active roster.
Arenado, 34, is perhaps the most commonly speculated trade candidate for the 2024-25 offseason. Although multiple teams, including the Astros and the Red Sox, were reportedly involved in negotiations for his deal, Arenaldo held the 2025 season in St. Louis after blocking a deal to Houston and Boston’s decision to sign. Alex Bregman. Unfortunately for St. Louis, Arenado’s fifth season with the Cardinal numbers became the worst figure of his career. In 96 games this year, Arenado has only reached .235/.294/.366 in 10 home runs.
It’s undoubtedly a tedious offensive production for everyday players in the major leagues, and at that level it’s certainly more frustrating to produce eight-time All-Stars and multiple-mVP finalists like Arenado. The veteran’s bat slip also accompanied his defense similarly declined. Strong supporters who once won ten NL Gold Glove Awards in a row at third base have a higher-than-average infield value this year. The +6 defensive run he saved is more impressive than that, but he still ranked eighth with three-point shooting percentage in the Grand Slam at Third Baseman.
Arenaldo’s disappointing season was just as disappointing as the Cardinal. St. Louis entered the fourth place in the division with a record of 72-77 and seemed unlikely to even reach the .500, their second below .500 game in three years after a record of 83-79 last season. The team’s future is somewhat changing, with long-time baseball president John Mozeliak, who will resign after the season and hand over the organization’s ins ropes to Chaim Bloom, the former chief baseball officer of the Red Sox, who announced last year as Mozeliak’s successor to St. Louis.
With the new head of baseball surgery taking over, the Cardinal certainly hopes to end in a solid tone. Those efforts will now include Arenado, who occupied by shoulder strain in late July and has been on the shelf ever since. Nolan Gorman In the absence of Arenado, the duties are handled every day in the hot corner, but as the veteran returns tomorrow, it seems Gorman Brendan Donovan At the second base, maybe occasionally starting to stay away Ivan Herrera In DH. Gorman has a total WRC+ overall this year after he was injured in the All-Star Game, and since his return in August he has found himself in the frustration of the offensive board.
